Acessing Windows performance Monitor from java code

I have a java program which need to create, update and read counters in the Windows performance Monitor.

I have searched stackoverflow for previous posts about this issue and found two main articles proposed:

First is this one. It relies on unbearable Win32 API and doesn't give a complete step by step tutorial. Also, I do not know this Win32 API and do not wish to study it now.

The second is this one. It seemed to me like a better option, but it relies on nsclient component which I couldn't find anywhere on the web. However, there is nsclient++, but I am not sure it supports java (I posted there a question about it) and anyways, the tutorial is not based on it.

Maybe some has a better solution?

Many thanks, Tal.